¤ A very fine presentation of Eve nursing Kain and Abel. Adam is working (255x220 cm). VERSO a genealogy of Adam.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabel, the famous: Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America.The woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer's tutor between 1486-90 and recent scholarship has shown, Albrecht Dürer may also have collaborated, since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations.The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose printing were famous throughout EuropeA opportunity to acquire a 15th-century book illustration by named artists.!

¤ A very fine presentation of Eve, being created by God from Adam’s side.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabel, the famous: Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America.The woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer's tutor between 1486-90 and recent scholarship has shown, Albrecht Dürer may also have collaborated, since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations.The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose printing were famous throughout EuropeA opportunity to acquire a 15th-century book illustration by named artists.!

¤ A very fine presentation of Jesus Christ surrounded by the Twelve Apostles. Each of the evangelists being represented by his symbol in the corners.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabel, the famous: Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America.The woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer's tutor between 1486-90 and recent scholarship has shown, Albrecht Dürer may also have collaborated, since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations.The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose printing were famous throughout Europe.

A opportunity to acquire a 15th-century book illustration by named artists.! ¤

¤ From his famous work 'Flora Japonica'. Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823 at the age of 27, he demonstrated his skills in medicine. His reputation allowed him to go beyond Deshima and to buy a house outside Nagasaki.In 1835 the first instalments of his "Flora Japonica" were finished. The "Flora Japonica" was written in collaboration with Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini and issued in 30 parts./ Only the first volume could be completed in 1841, and during Von Siebold's lifetime until 1844, only five instalments of the second volume appeared. After Zuccarini's death in 1848, work on the Flora was virtually stopped, though on the basis of Zuccarini's and Siebold's manuscripts another five instalments were edited by F.A.W.Miquel for publications in 1870.

¤ From his famous work 'Flora Japonica'. Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823 at the age of 27, he demonstrated his skills in medicine. His reputation allowed him to go beyond Deshima and to buy a house outside Nagasaki.In 1835 the first instalments of his "Flora Japonica" were finished. The "Flora Japonica" was written in collaboration with Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini and issued in 30 parts./ Only the first volume could be completed in 1841, and during Von Siebold's lifetime until 1844, only five instalments of the second volume appeared. After Zuccarini's death in 1848, work on the Flora was virtually stopped, though on the basis of Zuccarini's and Siebold's manuscripts another five instalments were edited by F.A.W.Miquel for publications in 1870.

¤ Fine text page from Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento. with two copper engraved portraits printed within letter press. In top portrait of "Hieronymus Quirinus" (60x55mm.) and in lower half a portrait of "Paulus Quirini" (190x145mm.)